Antonyms for supple


Grammar : Adj
Spell : suhp-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌp əl


Definition of supple

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French souple "pliant, flexible," from Gallo-Romance *supples, from Latin supplex (genitive supplicis) "submissive, humbly begging," literally "bending, kneeling down," thought to be an altered form of *supplacos "humbly pleading, appeasing," from sub "under" + placare "appease" (see placate).
  • adj bendable
Example sentences :
  • I ought to be supple enough after the practice of these three days.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Year by year she grew, a brown-faced cherub, strong-limbed and supple.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • And never before had she seemed to him so supple and so strong.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Her wet garment outlined her supple figure and her high bosom.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • I bent over to her rapidly and threw my arm around her supple waist.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • He had the classic style, accurate, evenly balanced, and supple.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • How straight and supple she was, yet how dainty and slight withal!
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • While the limbs are still soft and supple they trail full length on the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon
  • But since the day of the funeral her supple nature had unbent.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • And so on it goes, winding in among the tree-trunks, slender and supple as a young girl.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

Synonyms for supple

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